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The other party did not notice the existence of the [Dragon Eagle], and they still maintained their speed and sailed and continued to drive forward.

After about an hour and a half of walking, the smuggling boat finally stopped.

Through his glasses, Wren saw someone on the smuggling boat carrying an oil lamp, signaling the island in the darkness in the distance.

Tadoni told everyone that it was the "Lizard Island", a desert island, and it was supposed to be the island where the goods were smuggled.

The people on the smuggling boat signaled for a while, and there was a firelight response on [Lizard Beast Island].

After receiving a response, the smuggling ship restarted and headed in the direction of [Lizard Island].

"Attention! Any ship in this vicinity could be a patrol vessel from Vienda. ”

Tadoni gave a warning, so Wren hurriedly reminded all the sailors on deck,

If you find a suspicious vessel, report it immediately.

At the same time, the sailors in charge of the artillery are on standby, so that when there is a conflict with the enemy ship, they can open fire at the first time.

The Dragon Eagle cautiously continued to follow the smuggling ship's ass.

Soon, Wren spotted several patrol ships in the telescope coming out of the direction of [Lizard Island].

They were frigate-class gunboats with headlights hanging from the ships that illuminated a large area around the gunboats.

There were six of them, and they patrolled back and forth, blocking a large area of the smuggler's route to [Lizard Island].

The smuggling ship walked in an unobstructed straight line from the blockade area, and several patrol gunboats ignored it.

At this time, the [Dragon Eagle] could not continue to go straight.

After observing the positions of the six patrol boats for a while, Captain Robert gave the command to retract the sails.

Then let the oars of the Dragon Eagle enter the water and row forward.

Captain Robert tightened his unlit pipe and began to charge the ship towards the blockade.

Almost everyone on deck now focused their attention on the patrol boats around them.

The patrol space between them is very small, so the time for the Dragon Eagle to pass through the gap is very limited.

This also requires the [Dragon Eagle] to maintain high speed.

At the same time, because the patrol boats crossed back and forth, the [Dragon Eagle] had to turn around at some key positions.

Keep your boat in the same direction as the patrol boat.

This is a great test of the captain's ability to steer and control the ship.

Everyone held their breath as they watched the lights of the patrol boats graze the edge of the Dragon Eagle.

There were several times when the patrol boat turned back was extremely fast, and it was about to find the [Dragon Eagle],

However, Captain Robert skillfully adjusted the course slightly, and hid in the blind spot of the light source of several patrol boats.

Under the control of Captain Robert's almost stunt, the [Dragon Eagle] drilled through the cracks of the patrol boat without danger.

Successfully passed through the blockade area and came to the front of [Lizard Beast Island].

"Forty degrees to starboard, over there!There must be a river!" said Mr. Tadoni's voice softly from the bow of the boat.

On such a dark night, Wren didn't find any rivers even with the help of his goggles.

Mr. Tadoni was very sure, and Wren guessed that he was judging by the currents.

The navigator of the Dragon Eagle often observes the currents to determine whether there is land or islands in the direction of the course.

But he wasn't as good as Mr. Tadoni, and he could see the currents in such a dim environment.

Captain Robert, following Mr. Tadoni's stewardship, began to turn the bow of the boat, and by this time the rowing speed had dropped to a very low speed.

In order to have time to react when encountering dangerous sea conditions.

"It's a bit too much! 12 degrees on the port side. Mr. Tadoni's voice came again.

Hearing the new instructions, Captain Robert swung the rudder smoothly and slowly, turning the bow of the ship to an extremely precise angle.

When he saw the banks and trees on both sides of the boat, Wren realized that their boat had sailed into the river without any problems.

"Stop! I'll look at the depths of the water. Mr. Tadoni said.

The first mate passed through the sound transmission pipe to get the sailors below deck to stop paddling.

"The water should be six or seven meters deep, and what is the draft of our boat?" asked Mr. Tadoni.

"When the warehouse is empty, it is four meters six, and when the warehouse is full, it is six meters two. We don't have any cargo right now. "There are sailors in the bow of the ship who gently report the data.

"You can go over, drive slowly. Mr. Tadoni said.

Then the [Dragon Eagle] slowly paddled slowly, and because it was a countercurrent, the speed of progress was as slow as a snail.

At this time, Wren couldn't help for the time being, so he took the telescope and began to look around.

Looking for everything out of the ordinary.

After a while, he saw a light in front of the river.

Looking closely through the binoculars, Wren judged that it was a guard tower.

Judging by the range of the light, any boat passing by the river will be spotted by it.

"There's a guard tower ahead!" Wren whispered a warning, his warning being relayed to the front.

The Dragon Eagle stopped again.

"Get closer and take a look!" Wren ordered.

Then the [Dragon Eagle] approached a distance of 100 meters from the guard tower.

Through the binoculars, Wren was able to see the tower's situation.

It was a wooden watchtower, on which hung a large oil lamp, and on which stood a soldier in military uniform.

There was a wooden hut under the watchtower, which was not lit, but it looked like other soldiers were living there.

In order not to startle the snake, the soldier must not be alarmed, nor can he be killed quietly.

Do you want to go ashore from here?

Wren thought about it for a while, but he didn't think of any better way to get through.

"Mr. Ogudo, let's go ashore!" said Wren to Ogudo.

"Okay! Let's go down. Augusto responded.

Then Wren and Ogudo got into the dinghy, rowed to the shore, dragged the dinghy ashore, and hid under the bushes.

The two began to go deeper along the riverbank.

The Dragon Eagle paddled backwards and began to exit the river.

Wren had agreed to have the captain wait for them near the mouth of the river.

There was no road on the edge of the river, and Wren and Ogudo sneaked carefully on the barren meadow.

Now be wary not only of the soldiers on the island, but also of the desert island beasts that you don't know exist.

Slowly, the two sneaked up to the watchtower.

Wren had already observed, and it seemed that the only way to go was to pass under the watchtower.

Fearing that the smuggling ship would be lost if it ran too far, Wren planned to take a risk.

Ogudo did not object to Wren's decision, he let Wren go first, and he separated for the time being.

Go and help keep an eye on the wooden hut next to the watchtower.

Wren hid in the bushes, cautiously approaching the edge of the watchtower.

The edge of the watchtower was all clear, and there was no hiding place except for the pillars and shadows of the watchtower.

He glanced at Augudo, who was in ambush near the cabin, and the other man gestured to him for safety.

So he began to pay attention to the movement of the soldier on the watchtower.

As the soldiers focused on checking the direction of the river, Wren quickly moved to the bottom of the watchtower.

At this time, he could no longer see the movement of the soldiers on the watchtower, but Ogudo's position could.

After gesturing to Ogudo to help guard the movement of the watchtower soldiers above, Wren waited patiently for a moment.

After Ogudo made a safe gesture, Wren quickly scurried out from under the watchtower and quickly ducked into the bushes.

Next, it was Wren's turn to help Ogudo on guard, and after letting the other party pass smoothly, the two continued along the river.

This time, both of them sped up a bit, and after passing the second watchtower, they finally saw the smuggler ship passing through the wooden gate on the bend.

The wooden gate was only fixed in wood, and the interception channel was blocked by an iron fence.

As soon as the smuggling ship entered the wooden gate, the iron fence was lowered.

There are two watchtowers next to the wooden gates, on which two soldiers stand.

One of them was armed with a crossbow and the other was armed with an iron cylinder, and when a situation was detected, the iron cylinder would be sounded to give a warning sound.

Look at the river area behind the wooden gate, there are many wooden house buildings, and then use a telescope to look deeper.

Discover more wooden buildings enclosed by wooden walls.

The smuggling boat quickly walked down the river to the wooden fence, and at this time Wren's view was blocked by the wooden fence.

His binoculars were no longer able to track the smuggling ship.

But now there should be no need to track it anymore, look at the scale of the building behind the wooden fence,

It is estimated that there is a pier inside, and there should be some warehouses and soldiers' quarters, and perhaps quite a few watchtowers.